Oscar ballot: Track the Academy Award winners

Can you predict the winners at Sunday’s Oscars? Here are the nominees for the Academy Awards, airing at 5:30 p.m. on Channel 10 (KXTV). Red-carpet coverage begins at 4 p.m. Make your picks and compare them with those of Bee critic Rick Bentley, his predictions in each category marked in bold.

BEST PICTURE

• “The Big Short”
• “Bridge of Spies”
• “Brooklyn”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”
• “Room”
• “Spotlight”

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”
• Matt Damon, “The Martian”
• Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
• Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”
• Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl”

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Cate Blanchett, “Carol”
• Brie Larson, “Room”
• Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”
• Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”
• Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Christian Bale, “The Big Short”
• Tom Hardy, “The Revenant”
• Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”
• Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
• Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”
• Rooney Mara, “Carol”
• Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”
• Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”
• Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs”

DIRECTING

• Adam McKay, “The Big Short”
• George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• Alejandro Iñárritu, “The Revenant”
• Lenny Abrahamson, “Room”
• Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• “Anomalisa”
• “Boy and the World”
• “Inside Out”
• “Shaun the Sheep Movie”
• “When Marnie Was There”

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

• “Amy”
• “Cartel Land”
• “The Look of Silence”
• “What Happened, Miss Simone?”
• “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

• “Body Team 12”
• “Chau, Beyond the Lines”
• “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”
• “A Girl in the River: “The Price of Forgiveness”
• “Last Day of Freedom”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• “Embrace of the Serpent”
• “Mustang”
• “Son of Saul”
• “Theeb”
• “A War”

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

• “The Big Short”
• “Brooklyn”
• “Carol”
• “The Martian”
• “Room”

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

• “Bridge of Spies”
• “Ex Machina”
• “Inside Out”
• “Spotlight”
• “Straight Outta Compton”

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

• “Bear Story”
• “Prologue”
• “Sanjay’s Super Team”
• “We Can’t Live Without Cosmos”
• “World of Tomorrow”

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

• “Ave Maria”
• “Day One”
• “Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)”
• “Shok”
• “Stutterer”

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared”
• “The Revenant”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

• “Bridge of Spies”
• “Carol”
• “The Hateful Eight”
• “Sicario”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

• “Earned It,” “Fifty Shades of Grey”
• “Manta Ray,” “Racing Extinction”
• “Simple Song #3,” “Youth”
• “Til It Happens to You,” “The Hunting Ground”
• “Writing’s on the Wall,” “Spectre”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• “Carol”
• “The Hateful Eight”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Revenant”
• “Sicario”

COSTUME DESIGN

• “Carol”
• “Cinderella”
• “The Danish Girl”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Revenant”

FILM EDITING

• “The Big Short”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Revenant”
• “Spotlight”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

SOUND MIXING

• “Bridge of Spies”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

SOUND EDITING

• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”
• “Sicario”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• “Bridge of Spies”
• “The Danish Girl”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”

VISUAL EFFECTS

• “Ex Machina”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

This story was originally published February 25, 2016 at 4:16 PM with the headline "Oscar ballot: Track the Academy Award winners."